2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
19 out of 57 seats to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 57 seats were up for election.^[1]

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority.^[2] In the most recent election in 2021, Labour lost one seat to the Conservatives, but increased their vote share by 4.6%, winning a total of 16 seats, with the Conservatives gaining 10.7% and winning 3 seats. The Green Party of England and Wales did not gain any seats, despite winning their first seat in 2019.^[3]

The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour achieved 53.8% of the vote, and won 17 seats with 1 gained from the Conservatives, while the Conservatives won 2 with 1 gain from Labour.^[4]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election^[5]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	50		Labour	50
	Conservative	6		Conservative	6
	Green	1		Green	1

Results

2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	2	78.9	33	48	84.2	26,077	54.6	+3.8
	Conservative	4	2	21.1	4	8	14.0	17,332	36.3	+0.6
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	4,136	8.7	-2.1
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	135	0.3	N/A
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	100	0.2	-0.5

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Ashton Hurst

Ashton Hurst^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Turner	1,411	50.5	+3.5
	Labour	Dolores Lewis*	1,384	49.5	+7.3
Majority			27	1.0
Turnout			2,795	32.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	1.9

Ashton St. Michael's

Ashton St. Michael's^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Fairfoull*	1,249	59.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Victoria Golas	565	27.1	−0.6
	Green	Keith Whitehead	270	13.0	−2.9
Majority			684	32.8
Turnout			2,096	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Ashton Waterloo

Ashton Waterloo^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vimal Choksi*	1,290	50.2	+2.9
	Green	Lorraine Whitehead	899	35.0	+5.2
	Conservative	Pamela Daniels	382	14.9	−8.0
Majority			391	15.2
Turnout			2,579	30.3
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Audenshaw

Audenshaw^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oliver Ryan*	1,520	52.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Danny Mather	1,178	40.4	−4.0
	Green	Luke Robinson	221	7.6	−1.1
Majority			342	11.7
Turnout			2,930	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Denton North East

Denton North East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Ricci*	1,211	56.7	−1.8
	Conservative	Dawn Cobb	663	31.0	−2.0
	Green	John Bradley	163	7.6	−0.9
	Reform UK	Barbara Mitchison	100	4.7	N/A
Majority			548	25.7
Turnout			2,147	25.8
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Denton South

Denton South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Reid*	1,466	64.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Timothy Cho	794	35.1	+8.9
Majority			672	29.8
Turnout			2,286	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

Denton West

Denton West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Smith*	1,788	65.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Matt Allen	704	26.0	−4.2
	Green	Jean Smee	220	8.1	+0.9
Majority			1,084	39.9
Turnout			2,735	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	3.7

Droylsden East

Droylsden East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Quinn*	1,297	57.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Harrison Roden	700	30.8	−3.0
	Green	Louise Axon	276	12.1	+1.5
Majority			597	26.3
Turnout			2,298	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Droylsden West

Droylsden West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Holland*	1,476	69.0	+11.5
	Conservative	Matthew Stevenson	664	31.0	+6.6
Majority			812	38.0
Turnout			2,174	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Dukinfield

Dukinfield^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Lane*	1,263	58.0	+4.5
	Conservative	James Cooper	602	27.6	−6.5
	Green	Julie Wood	313	14.4	+2.0
Majority			661	30.4
Turnout			2,184	23.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Dukinfield Stalybridge

Dukinfield Stalybridge^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Wills*	1,256	46.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Kurt McPartland	1,159	42.7	−2.1
	Green	Linda Freeman	300	11.0	+1.0
Majority			97	3.6
Turnout			2,734	31.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Hyde Godley

Hyde Godley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Colbourne	1,417	51.5	+7.8
	Labour	David McAllister	1,334	48.5	+3.1
Majority			83	3.0
Turnout			2,779	29.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.4

Hyde Newton

Hyde Newton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Roderick	1,572	58.9	+7.3
	Conservative	Melissa Molloy	1,097	41.1	+7.4
Majority			475	17.8
Turnout			2,704	24.7
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

Hyde Werneth

Hyde Werneth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chadwick*	1,830	52.9	+2.2
	Labour	John Mercer	1,356	39.2	−0.7
	Green	Alex Cooper	273	7.9	+1.6
Majority			474	13.7
Turnout			3,468	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Longdendale

Longdendale^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Cooper*	1,371	65.7	+12.7
	Conservative	Lavlu Kader	715	34.3	+5.2
Majority			656	31.4
Turnout			2,124	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

Mossley

Mossley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Homer*	1,469	54.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Andrew Hay	733	27.3	−3.6
	Green	Christine Clark	344	12.8	−2.4
	Women's Equality	Hattie Thomas	135	5.0	N/A
Majority			736	27.5
Turnout			2,699	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

St. Peters

St. Peters^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Bowerman*	1,696	72.5	+3.5
	Conservative	David Rose	367	15.7	−1.5
	Green	Trevor Clarke	276	11.8	+1.9
Majority			1,329	56.8
Turnout			2,354	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Stalybridge North

Stalybridge North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Gosling*	1,129	46.8	+5.9
	Conservative	David Tilbrook	977	40.5	+8.2
	Green	Alice Mason-Power	308	12.8	+5.2
Majority			152	6.3
Turnout			2,428	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Stalybridge South

Stalybridge South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Billington*	1,374	52.9	−7.2
	Labour	Nick Axford	950	36.6	+6.6
	Green	Amanda Hickling	273	10.5	+0.6
Majority			424	16.3
Turnout			2,612	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

References

^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2018 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Your Councillors". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Tameside Metropolitan Borough District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[1] "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[2] "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2018 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[5] "Your Councillors". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[nomin-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Tameside Metropolitan Borough District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

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